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Needs Amazon Prime Instant Video!!!
So this little bad boy just came in the mail today, and I was all kinds of excited. I took it out of the box, plugged it in, and five minutes later I'm watching music videos from YouTube in HD on the Screen. It looks great, and was super easy to set up. Unfortunately I do not have a Netflix account, and the free three months doesn't come for another 5 days per Amazon's e-mail notifications, so right now, all I can do video wise is watch YouTube. Funny cats, and people falling down are funny and all, and Ted Talks are interesting, but sometimes you just need a long movie to cuddle up to. Then I get this great idea. I have an Amazon Prime account, and I can watch movies on my computer, why not try and Chromecast it! I am a genius! Thousands of movies streaming to my TV and I don't have to wait for Netflix! I'm even more excited now, so I figure out I have to get a little Chrome add on called Google Cast, and I get ready to watch the first movie that pops up on the screen, The Hunger Games. Too bad it doesn't work, or at least it doesn't yet. The screen on the TV pops up, but the video doesn't play, just a black bar, and it just continues to play on the computer. I really hope that Amazon gets on this. I've been refusing to pay for X-Box Live account to watch my Prime movies on my TV for quite a while now. I shouldn't have to pay Microsoft to access the internet when I already have the internet, you know what I'm saying? I know you PS3 owners do. Anyway, Amazon needs to step up, and jump on this bandwagon like they have with X-Box, and eventually Playstation 3. It would be a huge value added to me, a loyal Prime customer for going on 3 years now, and will definitely keep me from cancelling my beloved free shipping to get some movies in my room on a decent sized television for less than $100 a year. The Chromecast gets 5 stars for the ease of setup, and how great the video actually looks, but gets 3 stars on launch titles/ products. The whole thing feels kind of Beta, which makes me swell with nerdy pride, but I'm 30 now, and really just want as much value for my dollar, rather than the latest greatest thing to come out of a tech company.
August 2013 · Unknown · verified purchase
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